CVE-2026-43699
Received Received - Intake

Use-After-Free in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2

Publication date: 2026-06-29

Last updated on: 2026-06-29

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

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Published
2026-06-29
Last Modified
2026-06-29
Generated
2026-06-30
AI Q&A
2026-06-29
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-43699

Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 4 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
apple safari 26.5.2
apple ios 26.5.2
apple ipados 26.5.2
apple macos_tahoe 26.5.2

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CWE ID Description
CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update affected Apple products to the fixed versions: Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, or macOS Tahoe 26.5.2.

Impact Analysis

The primary impact of this vulnerability is that it may cause an unexpected crash of the affected process when malicious web content is processed.

This could lead to denial of service or disruption of normal application functionality.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in Apple software such as Safari, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe. It occurs when the system improperly manages memory, leading to the possibility of accessing memory that has already been freed.

Specifically, processing maliciously crafted web content can trigger this flaw, which may cause an unexpected process crash.

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